Blue View – Part 2: The World's Greatest Hikes (Doable by Marcie and David)

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Blue View – Part 2: The World's Greatest Hikes (Doable by Marcie and David)

Last week, we talked about the great hikes of North America. This week, the blog continues with the great hikes in the rest of the world. There are many more gorgeous trails around the world than the ones I've listed, of course. Many trails were eliminated because they didn't meet my arbitrary criteria of what constitutes a 'Great Hike'. Others were crossed off because there is no way we could actually complete them. That left six pretty cool hikes. Take a look.

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Blue View – The World's Greatest Hikes (Doable by Marcie and David)

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Blue View – The World's Greatest Hikes (Doable by Marcie and David)

Marcie has agreed to do ONE of the world's really great trails with me in the next year or two and I've been researching the possibilities. I’ve eliminated dozens of trails based on my totally arbitrary criteria of what constitutes a ‘Really Great Trail’. I’ve also pared the list down to those we might actually be able to complete. Here is a list of possibilities, beginning with the North American trails.

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Blue View – Top Ten Reasons to Use Trekking Poles

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Blue View – Top Ten Reasons to Use Trekking Poles

On one of our hikes a few months ago, someone had left a nice walking stick at the trailhead that was fashioned from a piece of green willow, presumably for the next hiker to use. Marcie picked it up and used it during the day's hike. She liked having it so much, in fact, that she kept it. Unfortunately, it didn't fare well as it dried out, so we decided to get a set of trekking poles.

After hiking with them for quite a few miles, we’ve found them to be quite useful - despite my initial reservations. Here is our list of the top ten uses we’ve found for trekking poles.

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